Slog - Comments on The Text of Oemig's Impeachment Resolution

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:02:01 -0800

Well, that's nice, but wouldn't moving on getting the Electoral College replaced by a straight-up vote by a majority of US citizens be more practical?

Comment by Phenics

Phenics — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:34:47 -0800

Well, here's hoping that the resolve get carried out.

Comment by Observer69

Observer69 — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:36:17 -0800

Finally, a dem with a backbone, way to go! Prolly won't get to the floor for a vote until the bombs fall on Tehran.

Impeachment is a step on the path to reign in an out of control president before he sends the pilots in to bomb Iran.

Campign finance will come later, when McCain is elected president. Har har.

Comment by Peter Sherwin

Peter Sherwin — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:36:55 -0800

I think they need to impeach and convict Cheney first. Only Nixon protected his position better.

Comment by Dianna

Dianna — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:13:18 -0800

I will admit to feeling somewhat satisfied that ANYONE is doing this but practically it's useless. Cheney as president? Just as bad, likely worse. I'd rather Dems in state as well as national government focus on initiating bills that fix some of the Bush administration horrors-tax cuts for rich people, the Patriot act, NCLB, etc...then when Republicans fight them or Bush vetos them, they'll have some ground to stand on in the next election...as opposed to last time around, when the only thing for 99% of them to say was, "well, I'm not Bush."

Comment by Levislade

Levislade — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:32:32 -0800

Dianna, did you read the whole thing?

"Your Memorialists respectfully request, in order to preserve confidence in the office of the Presidency and the Executive branch, that our senators and representatives in the United States Congress determine whether there is sufficient evidence to charge President George W. Bush and Vice President Richard B. Cheney with the above offenses, and if so, to follow the Constitutional process of impeachment."

Comment by Fnarf

Fnarf — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:34:08 -0800

Cheney as president now would be a piece of cake. The administration would be crippled and humiliated. Cheney's about three yards from an indictment already. We're only talking about a year here, a year of the lamest of all lame ducks, rocked back on the defensive the whole time. It would be a beautiful thing to see.

There's also the issue of laying the groundwork for future criminal charges against the whole lot of them. This is going to drag on for a decade or more. I hope Doug Feith has a good lawyer. 3,127 today.

Comment by Monique

Monique — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 09:38:09 -0800

@ Will in Seattle:

Are you suggesting that we moved to a "one man, one vote sytem"? If not, please ignore this rant.....

I am always surprised when people in a minority viewpoint (most of us here in Seattle, on the Slog) want to get rid of the electoral college. So strange. The electoral college protects the rights of minority states that would otherwise not have any say in the presidential election. Now, I know that you may not agree with the opinion of smaller states, but that is BS. People who want to get rid of the electoral college are normally people that do not have mainstream views. Do you think that a presidential nominee would even come to washington state if there was no electoral college? Hell no. Would they even pretend to care about issues effecting small states or unique opinions. Nope. They would go to the major population centers, and never deviate.

Comment by Peter Sherwin

Peter Sherwin — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:10:52 -0800

"Would they even pretend to care about issues effecting small states or unique opinions."

No, No, please don't stop them from pretending.

Really the idea that a candidate could win in the 11 biggest states by 11 votes while losing in the 39 smallest states by millions of votes really gives those small states power.

But really without paper ballots, better public financing and better reporting who cares.

Comment by him

him — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:12:32 -0800

@Monique: WA is the 15th largest state, and rising. I'm sure someone would come over here to get some votes. But I'd prefer proportional representation over simple tyranny of the majority.

I'm glad he had the cajones to propose this resolution, although it won't go anwhere.

Comment by hendley

hendley — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:14:12 -0800

That's right... impeachment is a process where the crimes are laid out and tried. Cheney and probably not a few others would be brought down at the same time.. Oemig is AWESOME..

Comment by moose@belltown

moose@belltown — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:24:28 -0800

Awesome. I look forward to the response of the state legislature.

This thing would be the nuclear bomb if the legislature actually passed it and sent it to the House of Representatives, even if Congress didn't do anything with it.

Comment by Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:34:45 -0800

Hey thanks for all the coverage of King and Snohomish county legislators that are trying to shove HB 2062 and SB 6040 through Olympia to waste your taxes on yet another stupid stadium.

Oh yeah. That is right you guys are totally ignoring this issue and writing about more crap about the viaduct and the Sonics.

Comment by Juris

Juris — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:01:07 -0800

So generally I feel pretty 'hip' to legislative terminology, but anyone know what's with the repeated use of the term "Memorialists"? It just sounds kind of creepy.

Comment by Will in Seattle

Will in Seattle — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:11:08 -0800

@8 - yes, I'm suggesting you "minor" states already get way too much power with your two senators - so that California gets as many Senators as Rhode Island. My dad lives in Vermont - two senators and one congressman. Pull the plug. It's the 21st century. Time to elect the pres/VP by majority vote.

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